Burial-vault.



No. e'eeee.

Specification of Lettere Eetent..

Application le pril `29. 3.967. Serial No. 3270.863;

To all whom it muy concern:

Be it known that I, rTI-i'orms F. lliLnLLY, citizen or" the United. States, residing et Galion, in the county' of Crawford end Starte of Ohio, have invented certain new end useful vInu rovements in Burial-Vaults, of which the fol owing is e, specification.

This invention relates to burial veults or metelhccases used to inclose Gaskets, andA has for its :object to provide improved means for locking)r the coverl ol the cose onto the body thereof, es Well es improved means for forming a, tight joint therebetween, when the cover is put in place.

The locking devices are e iplied to the nside of the cese, so that wien the cover is once put on and the said devices engaged, they cannot be unlocked, and the oeverv consequently then cannot be removed.

The invention is illustrated in the eccompenying drawings, in which Figure 1 is e side elevation of the cese. Fig. 2 is a yertioel cross section. i

The body of the cese is indicated et 6, end the cover et 7. These parte are preferably inode ol" sheet steel or the like, pressed or built to proper shape.

A 'trough around the'outside of the edge of the cese is produced. by ineensy of e t-ehepedA strip or plate 8 which is riveted, es et lo, et its' inner upper edge, to the body of the cose and Which extends around all sides thereof. The rivet is concealed and inaccessible from the outside. The outer side ol this trough inelines awe from the upper edge of the ease, and seid si e has et its upper edge e hori zontal outWerdly-projeeting flange lo.

Y-At 11 is indicated e lenge extending around the outside of the sides oi' the cover,

Iand, Eositioned opposite to the flange 1U, to Whio 1t) is or may be connected by bolts 12.

, On the inside, the's'ide Wells of the ooverfneve e. continuous hooked lienge or'plete '13, the hooi-being formed by bending,` up the lower edge of the late, which is secured et its upper edge to t e cover by the rivets holte i7 of the cover handles 18, whereby seid rive te ereeonceeled and inaccessible from the out- Side.

The body of the case is rovded. on the in side of the side Wells Wit e `series of spring hooks 14, which are secured thereto by the i rivets or bolts 16end et therlower ends by fthe rivets or bolts r1Q ol the body handles 2t). '.iheso hooks proieetehmfe seid well .in position to smtp over the hooked 'lia-nge 13 when the cover' giareesed down into piece. And when. so enen impossible to unlock seid hooks.

The plete is? forms, es stated, e trough into which the lower edge oi the cover projects "and is sealed by ineens ot e composition indiezited et l5, which may be melted. leed, soft metal, of other kinds, or rubber, forming .e Water and oir tight. joint.

ln use, the eoi'in ie pleoed in thecese and the @over is then put on. 'it nifty be put on et either side first, and if engaged first at one side the engagement of the other sido is not prevented, being in this respeot distinguished from some vaults in which. the whole cover has to be closed nl'. ell sides et mice, or it will not loch. f/titer the oever nur (in pressure isepplied by ineen' of the bolts l? to force the edge of' the cover into the packing l5, until the hooks on the inside ere engaged, wliieli looks the cover in pleee. All the rivets or bolts or' the loci-:ing vhieee being eonoeeled, no opportunity oflferalod 'for to the ease by extracting the rivets.

Il clniin:

i. A burial vault ooingirishur` n, ease, 21.

bent up and having fostenings to the woll ol' thetthe festenings are inaccessible from 'the outside, e oever the edge of which projeels int-o the trough, land interior lxstening de# vices between the eover ond the cesse.

inside, e cover having on theV inside e linnge engngeehle by the hooks, hendlee on the outside of the ease end Cover respectively, seid handles having bolts extending through the ease or eover end engaging the hooks and 'flange respectively end fastening the seme in piece. i

in. toetinion y whereof l deY ei my signe ture, .in presence of two Witnesses.,

THOMAS F. YELLY.

VJitnesses 1 A, Bree-e.

trough extending mound the upper odge thereof, the inner .side -ol the trough being the onse there the bottoni of the trough, so

2. A burial veult con'iprieing e. cese having spring hooks proyecting above its edge on the 

